Eyeglasses and spectacles.



W. E. McDONELL.

EYEGLASSES 'AND SPECTACLES. APPLICATION men JUNE 13. 1914.

Y Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFmoE- 1 WILLIAM E. MoDONEIlL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO ROCHESTER. SPECTACLE 00., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION-OF NEW YORK.

EYEGLASSES ANDSPECTACLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVInLIAu E. Mo-.

DONELL, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Eyeglasses and Spectacles, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to eyeglasses and spectacles and more particularly to the pads and nose guards therefor, an object of the invention being to provide for mounting the pad in such a manner as to eliminate the necessity of separate fastening devices for securing the pad to the mounting.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved pad which'may be made from a sheet metal blank.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved construction which may be readily adjusted to conform to the taper of the nose.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of spectacles embodying the present improvements; Fig. 2 is a top view of the same spectacles with one of the pads removed; Fig. 3 is a section on the line wa., Fig. 1; Fig. 4c is a section on the line bb, Fig. 2 through one of the pads; Fig. 5 is a rear view of one of the pads; Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank from which thepa'd shown in Fig. 5 is formed; Fig. 7 is a plan view of a blank which will form another embodiment of the present improvements; Fig. 8

. is a top view of still another embodiment of the invention in which the pads are mounted upon the bridging portion of a spectacle mounting; and Fig. 9 is a view of a guard adapted to be used on spectacles and eyeglasses and having the invention embodied in the upper pad thereof.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, A indicates the lenses, B the lens clamps to which the temples C are pivoted, and D the lens clamps or lens attaching devices connected by the bridging portion E which has vertical coils F at V Specification of Letters Patent.

rearwardly at 2, thence upwardly at 3,

thence inwardly at 4 and finally rearwardly at 5, the rearwardlyextending portion providing a bearing portion for the guardand havingv the portion 4 extending laterally thereto.

'The guard pad is provided with a supporting portion 6 preferably in the form of a split sleeve surrounding the bearing portion 5' and having a lateral opening 7 through which the portion 4; extends to limit the movement of the guard pad on the bearing portion 5, this opening preferably being larger than the laterally-extending portion in order to permit the guard pad to rock PatentedFeb. 1, 1916. Application filed June 13, 1914; Serial No. 844,875.

on the bearing 5. The guard pad preferably embodies two nose bearing portions 8' and 9 extending in opposite directions from the sleeve 6 and preferably. connected to the sleeve in opposite sides of the split by weakened portions 10,thus permitting the bear-. ing portions 8 and 9to be relatively adjusted. In this instance, the nose bearing portions of the pad and the supporting sleeve 6 are formed. from a single blank of ductile sheet metal, this blank being illustra ted in Fig. 6 and being bent between the nose bearlng portions 8 and'9 toprovide the sleeve 6, the weakened portions being formed byproviding transverse slots-l1 in the blank. With this arrangement, it is possible to adjust the nose bearing portions .8 v

and 9 without spreading'the split sleeve on its bearing. This pad may also be formed in the manner illustrated in'Fig. 7 in which the nose bearing portionsl8 and 9 are separated from the sleeve portion 6, by weakened portions 1'1 formed by' reducing the" metal at the inner ends of the nose bearing portions 8 and 9. Instead of an elongated opening as in Fig. 6, a circular opening 7 is provided which'conforms to the exterior of the laterally-extending portions and prevents the rocking of the pad.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, the lenses A are connected by an arched "or bridging portion 12 which has forwardlyextending arms 13 connected at their outer ends to the. lens attaching devices B. The

guard pads turn directly on the arched or V bridging portion and are formed in the manner shown in Fig. 6 except that in each, the slot 7 occurs near the rear'end of the sleeve 6 instead of at the forward end as shown in Figs. 1 to 5. The laterally-extending portion which limits the rocking movement of the guard pad is formed by the adjacent outward bend 14 which connects the bridging portion 12 with the adjacent forwardlyextending arm 13.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 9, the invention is embodied in the upper pad of a nose guard which is also provided with a lower pad. In this embodiment, 15 indicates the supporting arm of the guard, 16 the lower pad formed in one piece with an arm 17 which extends upwardly from the supporting arm thence rearwardly and has a bearing portion 18 turning in the sleeve 6, the extreme end of the bearing portion being provided with a laterally-extending portion 19 which works in the laterally-opening slot 7 of the sleeve 6. .This padis identical in construction with the pad illustrated in Fig. 5 except that it is smaller in size.

In all of the illustrated embodiments of the invention, the pad has relatively adjustable nose-bearing portions extending in opposite directions from the supporting portion in the form of a sleeve, the sleeve preferably being formed by bending fiat stock at an intermediate point and being preferably connected to the nose-bearing portions by weakened portions which permit the relative adjustment of the nose-bearing portions. The guard pad either may be sta tionary on. the mounting, or it may rock. In both instances, it is preferred to provide the supporting sleeve with the lateral open ing through which the laterally-extending portion on the mounting may extend, this 7 opening, in one instance, being larger than the laterally-extending portion to permit the rocking of the pad.

The guard pad as a whole is simple and inexpensive to manufacture as it may be made from a single blank of sheet metal. The construction also permits the pad to be attached to the mounting without pro-vision of separate or extra fastening devices.

What I claim as my invention and desire to .secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. In combination wlth a sultable bearin a guard or pad for eyeglasses and spectacles formed from. a single blank of sheet material and embodying two relatively adjustable nose bearing portions and a split supportingsleeve formed by bends in the stock between the nose bearing portions and passed about the bearing.

A guard or pad for eyeglasses and spectacles formed from a single blank of sheet material and embodying two relatively ad justable nose bearing portions and a sup porting sleeve formed by bends in the stock between the nose bearing portions, the stock having weakened portions between the sleeve and the nose bearing portions.

3. In eyeglasses or spectacles, the combination with a bearing and a laterally extending portion at one end, of the bearing, of a guard pad having a sleeve fitting around the bearing, said sleeve having a lateral opening which receives the laterally extending portion at the end of the bearing.

4. In eyeglasses and spectacles, the combination with a bearing and a laterally extending portion at one end of the bearing of a guard pad having a sleeve fitting the hearing, said sleeve having a lateral opening which receives the laterally extending portion at the end of the bearing, said opening being larger than the laterally-extending portion to permit the guard pad to rock on the bearing.

5. In eyeglasses and spectacles, the combination with a bearing and a laterally-extending portion at one end of the bearing, of a guard formed from a single blank of sheet material and embodying two nose bearing portions, and a supporting sleeve formed by bends in the stock between the nose bearing portions, said sleeve fitting around said bearing and having a lateral opening through which the laterallyextending portion projects.

' WILLIAM E. MGDONELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK SToR'rz,

H. H. SlMiMS.

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